Introducing the Analog Shield:
Designed to bring the world of Analog Electronics to the Arduino™ Uno.*

The Analog Shield was created in collaboration with Stanford University
and the TI University Program and is manufactured by Digilent Inc. It
was designed to be part of the open source community and reference
materials, demo code for the Arduino Uno, files and schematics are included in the collection of Instructables tutorials you can download below.

The origins of the Analog Shield begin with Dr. Gregory Kovacs,
professor at Stanford University who wanted to capitalize on the
successes his students were having with the Arduino and use that as a
bridge into the world of analog electronics. Partnering with the TI
University program, his student Bill Esposito worked with TI engineers
to create a shield board that could convert an Arduino board into a
powerful mixed signal prototyping system. Prof. Kovacs has used this
powerful combination to teach his students fundamental concepts such as:

The Analog Shield is designed with TI analog technology that provides up
to 4 channels of 16-bit analog signal input and output. Also on board
are integrated fixed +/-5V and variable +/- 7.5V power supplies.

Included is a small 170 point solderless breadboard that can be affixed
to the shield itself for prototyping with through-hole components. The
shield was designed and optimized to work with the Arduino Uno* - you
can purchase your Uno from various retailer.

* chipKIT Uno32 is hardware and software
compatible with the Arduino Uno and is available to purchase through
DigilentInc's website. However, examples and code are not currently
optimized for the platform.